Tune in and listen to a live radio broadcast of Ron (the Old Bloke) with Buck Carson on Wed 29th July at 7pm US time (Thursday 30th July at 10am Aust time). Ron will be sharing tales from his overland travels on the FN in 2012 and the book about the journey – No Room […]

Hard to believe that this time three years ago I was riding through Turkey and experiencing the most unsettling experience of the journey. These pictures show my arrival at the FN factory when it was all behind me. It still gives me goosebumps to remember the feeling of elation and pride at achieving my dream. […]

It was a great surprise this week to receive a copy of the Herstal Group’s book “125 years in pictures”. Beautifully illustrated with some magnificent machines manufactured by FN over the years and a full colour page featuring my trip with Effie across the world. Book sales of No Room for Watermelons are going well […]

Breaking 120 spokes on the FN wasn’t going to ever stop me making it to Belgium, even when the ones I had cut and re-bent, ran out. I had around 50 broken spokes welded together and these got me from Pakistan to the Czech Republic. Some of the hooks on the ends broke, but I […]

No Room for Watermelons has now been published. Yippee! Expected date of delivery is mid February 2015. We’ll be announcing the date of the book launch soon, but in the meantime, signed copies can be ordered here online. This is the book you’ve all been waiting for – much of it has never before been […]

Effie has been stripped down and I’ve begun work making and replacing worn parts. Surprisingly, the pistons were in pretty good shape, but I’m having the barrels rebored and am putting new pistons in. I won’t know how worn the crank-shaft bearings are until the motor is dismantled, but will replace them anyway. I’ve finished […]

What a sight for sore eyes – Effie has finally made it back to the Apple Isle. I won’t be letting her out of my sight again in a hurry. Now it’s down to business overhauling the engine and getting her back into shape – but not like new, that would take away from her […]

I’ve been holding my breath for months waiting for Effie to reach our shores and finally she has arrived…or so I’m told. After the journey from Europe the ship docked in Perth this month, sailed on to Melbourne and eventually arrived in Sydney. Effie has I suspect, now seen more of the Australian coast than […]